Time to Retire the “Only What You Can Lose” Rule?
Bitcoin is still often described using the phrase “only invest what you can afford to lose.” While this is good advice for highly speculative assets, it may no longer apply in the same way to Bitcoin. Today, Bitcoin has a market cap in the trillions, is held by institutions and governments, and is integrated into regulated financial products like ETFs. It’s become a major component of the global financial system. If Bitcoin were to collapse entirely, it would likely trigger broader economic consequences. In other words, it's too big to fail. What do you think? Should we move past the idea that Bitcoin is just for speculative capital, or does that mindset still serve a purpose today? P.S. This post was written with the help of AI to better structure and clarify the argument. submitted by /u/Agramaic [link] [comments]
Bitcoin is still often described using the phrase “only invest what you can afford to lose.” While this is good advice for highly speculative assets, it may no longer apply in the same way to Bitcoin.
Today, Bitcoin has a market cap in the trillions, is held by institutions and governments, and is integrated into regulated financial products like ETFs. It’s become a major component of the global financial system. If Bitcoin were to collapse entirely, it would likely trigger broader economic consequences. In other words, it's too big to fail.
What do you think? Should we move past the idea that Bitcoin is just for speculative capital, or does that mindset still serve a purpose today?
P.S. This post was written with the help of AI to better structure and clarify the argument.
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